Kristine Keala Meredith
Top rated Personal Injury attorney in Redwood City, California
Danko Meredith, Trial Lawyers
Practice areas: Personal Injury, Aviation & Aerospace, Products Liability; view more
Licensed in California since: 1992
Education: Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2010, 2014 - 2026 Call today:
650-427-0924
Danko Meredith, Trial Lawyers
333 Twin Dolphin DriveSuite 145
Redwood City, CA 94065 Visit website
Based in Redwood City, California, Kristine Keala Meredith is a trial lawyer and partner at Danko Meredith, Trial Lawyers. She advocates for accountability and fair outcomes for individuals whose lives have been disrupted by severe injuries. Her practice spans aviation disasters, burn trauma, catastrophic and orthopedic injuries, spinal cord and brain damage, dangerous medications, hazardous property conditions and wrongful death. She handles matters in both state and federal courts and also takes on federal multi-district litigation.
Among her successes, Ms. Meredith was lead counsel in Burdett v. Teledyne Continental Motors, securing a $15 million verdict for a client with brain trauma from an airplane crash. In Dunn v. State of Hawaii, she obtained a $2.2 million judgment. Her motion work in Jing-Li v. Sheng Hsiang Jen Foods led to terminating sanctions and a $50 million recovery. She also represented 59 victims of the PG&E gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno.
Ms. Meredith holds a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of California, Davis and earned a scholarship to attend Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, where she received the Distinguished Student Service Award. She also participated in a faculty-student diversity exchange at Howard University Law School in Washington, D.C. Earlier, she represented medical device manufacturers, physicians and hospitals in national defense teams, gaining insight into complex defense strategies.
Recognized by Forbes as one of the “10 Best Personal Injury Lawyers in San Francisco,” Ms. Meredith serves as an officer of the American Association for Justice and the Santa Clara County Bar Association. She sits on the board of governors for the Consumer Attorneys of California and is a member of the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association.
As a former chair of the Minority Issues Committee of the San Francisco Bar Association Barristers Club, Ms. Meredith continues to champion diversity, equity and accountability in the legal community.
Practice areas
Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Aviation and Aerospace, Personal Injury - Products: PlaintiffFocus areas
Animal Bites, Assault, Aviation, Aviation Accidents - Plaintiff, Brain Injury, Construction Accident, Dram Shop Laws, Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Motor Vehicle Defects, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Pharmaceutical, Premises Liability - Plaintiff, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Toxic Mold, Trucking Accidents, Wrongful Death
- 40% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 30% Aviation and Aerospace
- 30% Personal Injury - Products: Plaintiff
First Admitted: 1992, California
Professional Webpage: https://www.dankolaw.com/our-team/kristine-meredith/
Bar / Professional Activity
- California
- Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers Association
- Former Chair of the Minority Issues Committee of the San Francisco Bar Association Barrister Club
- Board of Governors for the Consumer Attorneys of California
- Santa Clara County Bar Association, Women's Law Caucus Executive Board
- Officer, American Association for Justice
- California Women Lawyers, State Bar of California Member
- American Association of Justice, Board of Governors, 2016 - Present
- American Association of Justice, Publication Committee, 2010 - Present
- San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association
- Consumer Attorney of California, Women's Caucus Chair Elect, 2015
- American Association of Justice, Women's Law Section, Scholarship Committee Member, 2014
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Women's Caucus Chair, 2016
- San Mateo County Trial Lawyers Association
- Santa Clara County Bar Association, Civil Practice Committee Chair, 2016
- Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers, Board of Directors, 2008 - 2014
- American Bar Association, Membership Co-Chair of the Products Liability Committee
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Women’s Caucus Immediate Past Chair, Executive Board Member, 2017
- American Association of Justice, Aviation Law Section, Immediate Past Chair, 2014
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Galinis v. Bayer Pharmaceutical
- In re PG&E "San Bruno Fire" Cases, Gas line explosion in San Bruno, California, Confidential Settlements for 59 Victims.
- Bischoff v. Brittain, represented tenants in a case of housing discrimination against families with children, settlement for two tenants.
- In re Butte Fire Cases, PG&E fire in Amador and Calaveras Counties, over 77,000 acres burned, Confidential Settlements for dozens of Victims.
Pro bono / Community Service
- Consumer Attorneys of California, Forum Magazine Columnist Community Service
- American Association of Justice, Women's Law Section Scholarship Committee Member, 2014
- Shelter Network of San Mateo County Volunteer, 2009
- California Rural Legal Assistance Inc., Volunteer, 2018
Educational Background
- University of California, Davis - BS in Human Development, 1988
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Chair and Moderator, Emerging Issues in Aviation Safety Law and Accident Investigations, AAJ Aviation Law Section, Annual Convention Summer, 2014
- Use of Summary Adjudications to Dispose of Affirmative Defenses, Author, Use of Summary Adjudications to Dispose of Affirmative Defenses, Forum Magazine, CAOC March/April 2013
- Recreational Torts, JUSTICE IN MOTION: MEMBERS IN MOTION - San Francisco Bay Area Lawyer Mentors Detained Girls, AAJ Trial Magazine, August, 2012
- That a Drug is Unreasonably Dangerous is the Standard to be Argued in Pharma Actions, The Prescription Drug Case, Plaintiff Magazine
- From Having it All to Leaning In: Career Advancement, Work-Life-Balance, and the Realities of Being a Woman Lawyer in the 21st Century., The SCCBA Women Lawyers' Committee, California Women Lawyers, The Club Silicon Valley., MCLE Round-table Discussion, Discussion Leader, June, 2013
- Motion Practice: Taking the Offensive, Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers, Presenter, November, 2014
- A Look at the Exclusive Remedy for All the Passengers' Claims Against Asiana, Asiana Flight 214 and the Montreal Convention, Plaintiff Magazine, 2013
- Making the Least of Absent Class Member Depositions, Co-author, CAOC Forum Magazine, Vol. 44, No. 6, 2014
- Using Focus Groups To Prepare Your Experts, CAOC Winter Seminar, 2014
- Discovery and the Role of the Attorney-Client Privilege in Bad Faith Refusal to Settle Litigation, AAJ Bad Faith Insurance Litigation Group/Insurance Law Section, Annual Convention Summer, 2014
- Screening and Evaluating Potential GranuFlo Sudden Cardiac Death Cases, AAJ, Dialysis Equipment, Products & Clinics Litigation Group, Annual Convention Summer, 2013
- Voir Dire in the Aviation Case, AJJ Aviation Law Section, Annual Convention Summer, 2013
- Motion Practice: Taking the Offensive, SCCTLA
- Grit and Growth Mindset, Moderator, CWL Annual Conference, May, 2015
- Sexual Harassment and Implicit Bias, Panelist, CWL Annual Conference May, 2015
- Calling All Witnesses: Who? When? Why?, Panel, CAOC MCLE, November, 2015
- When the NTSB is Involved, AAJ Annual Convention July, 2016
- Avoid disaster: Properly Prepare an Order of Proof, Author, CAOC Forum Magazine, Vol. 47, No. 4, 2017
- Inside the Reptile Brain: Offense and Defense, Panelist, ABA Pharma / Device / Biotech Product Liability Roundtable, 2015
- Preemption Takes off, Author, Los Angeles Daily Journal, June, 2018
- PG&E® Wildfire Litigation Update, Presenter, AAJ Mass Tort Litigation Seminar, March, 2018
- Humans & Their Environment: Protecting our Planet and its Inhabitants, Presenter, UC Davis Environmental Law Symposium, March, 2018
- Shredding the First Day of Trial: Demonstratives, Presenter, ABA Joint CLE Meeting, January, 2018
- Good Counsel: Persuasive Demonstratives, Author, AAJ Trial Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 11, November, 2017
- Controlling Costs Before and During Trial, Moderator, CAOC Annual Convention, November, 2017
- Trial Skills, Trial-Focused Discovery: What You Need and How to Use it, Presenter, WIPL Annual Regional CLE, 2016
Other Outstanding Achievements
- Selected to Super Lawyers, 2014 - 2018
- Selected to Super Lawyers, 2010
Honors
- Faculty selected award for my efforts as chair of the Law School Diversity Committee, Distinguished Student Service Award, BYU Law School, 1991
- One of San Francisco’s 10 best personal injury lawyers by Forbes
- “Top 50” women lawyers by Thomson Reuters and San Francisco Magazine
- “Top 100” Super Lawyers in Northern California
Office location for Kristine Keala Meredith
333 Twin Dolphin Drive
Suite 145
Redwood City, CA 94065
Phone: 650-427-0924
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2010, 2014 - 2026
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